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SAT Word 1st Quarter
Term | Definition |
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ABSTRUSE-ADJ | DIFFICULT TO UNDERSTAND |
AMBIVALENCE-N | INDECISION; FEELING OF BEING PULLED IN TWO DIRECTIONS |
APATHY-N | LACK OF INTEREST OR CONCERN |
BENIGN-ADJ | GENTLE; KIND-HEARTED; MILD |
CHATISE-V | SCOLD, PUNISH, CASTIGATE |
CONDONE-V | TO OVERLOOK; EXCUSE OR PARDON |
CONVICTION-N | AN OPINION THAT IS STRONGLY HELD |
DENOUNCE-V | CRITICIZE; CONDEMN |
DILATORY-ADJ | CAUSING LATENESS; STALLING |
EFFERVENCENCE-N | THE QUALITY OF BEING OF BEING BUBBLY OR FULL OF LIFE |
ENHANCE-V | INTENSIFY; IMPROVE |
EXTOL-V | PRAISE |
FLIPPANCY-N | TREATING A SERIOUS SITUATION WITH ARROGANT HUMOR OR DISRESPECT |
GERMANE-ADJ | RELEVANT; FITTING |
HIERARCHY-N | A GROUP OF PEOPLE IN AUTHORITY; RANKED IN ORDER OF POWER; A SEQUENTIAL LISTING |
INDUCE-V | CAUSE TO HAPPEN; BRING ABOUT |
INNOCUOUS-ADJ | HARMLESS; INOFFENSIVE |
LUCID-ADJ | EASY TO UNDERSTAND; TRANSPARENT; CLEAR |
MISCONSTRUE-V | MISUNDESTOOD; INTERPRET INCORRECTLY |
OBSOLETE-ADJ | NO LONGER USABLE; OUTDATED |
PARTISAN-ADJ | BLINDLY DEVOTED TO A CAUSE OR ORGANIZATION |
PRECOCIOUS-ADJ | MATURE AT A YOUNG AGE |
PROFUSE-ADJ | IN LARGE AMOUNTS OR QUANTATIES |
QUELL-V | TO CALM; PACIFY |
REDOLENT-ADJ | STRONGLY SCENTED; FRAGRANT |
VERSATILE-ADJ | HAVING MANY TALENTS OR USES |
VISCOUS-ADJ | RESISTANT TO FLOW, LIKE A VERY THICK LIQUID; OR STICKY |
WASTREL-N | A PERSON WHO WASTES HIS OR HER MONEY OR RESOURCES |